Fraters Libertas

Was It As Good For You As It Was For Me?

This tidbit from the Minneapolis Star Tribune is just too amusing to ignore. It reads, in part:

CLIMAX, Minn. -- It may be the town's slogan, but it doesn't meet the approval of the superintendent who has placed a school ban on the centennial T-shirts that read: "Climax -- more than just a feeling.''

About a dozen students wore the Climax T-shirts to school this week in protest, and one girl was sent home Wednesday for refusing to turn her shirt inside out.

Climax, a town of roughly 270 near the North Dakota border, adopted the "More than a feeling" slogan in 1996 for its centennial. The slogan was used in advertising and promotions, and the T-shirts have been around for years.

As part of its centennial celebration, a contest was held to pick a town slogan. Some of the other entries included: "No End to Climax", "Cling to the Culmination: Climax Forever" and "Bring a Friend to Climax."

I'm not going to write a joke here. You're all clever enough to come up with one yourselves.

However, this does remind me of an age old story around these parts. We here in Minnesota are blessed not only with a town named Climax, but one named Fertile as well. As the story goes, a woman from Fertile was killed in a car accident while driving through the town of Climax. The headline in the local paper the next day read "Fertile Woman Dies In Climax".

Urban legend? Maybe. Funny? Well, not really. Worthy of a Fraters post? Hell yes!